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Job Description

Use nets, fishing rods, traps, or other equipment to catch and gather fish or other aquatic animals from rivers, lakes, or oceans, for human consumption or other uses. May haul game onto ship.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-3011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,740.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 520 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Fishers and Related Fishing Workers”.

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Tasks for “Moss Bleacher”

Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.

Related Technology & Tools

Hydraulic capstans
Jigs
Large decked fishing vessels
Marine sextants
Deck winches
Anchors
Fish tag guns
Lobster pots
Satellite radios
Shrimp winches
Marine fire extinguishers
Trolling blocks
Hand windlasses
Cast nets
Bait freezers
Inflatable life rafts
Trollers
Marine radar reflectors
Longline haulers
Net cleaning machines
Tablet computers
Trotlines
Knuckle-boom cranes
Handlines
Polyballs
Radio direction finders RDF
Beach seines
Downriggers
Planers
Fishing utility knives
Hook timers
Trap harnesses
Anchor chains
Gaffs
Leader carts
Boat hooks
Wire rope cutters
Mooring lines
Life throw rings
Stake nets
Slat boxes
Safety vests
Crab nets
Drift nets
Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
Bullet buoys
Fixed blade knives
Foam-filled marine fenders
Pound nets
Dehookers
Gill nets
Fishing scissors
Anchor release hooks
Snatch blocks
Trammel nets
Fishing dinghies
Midwater trawls
Line haulers
Float lines
Distress flares
Sink lines
Mooring buoys
Gillnetters
Otter trawls
Fish transfer pumps
Marine hard hats
Personal computers
Hook counters
Longline snaps
Eel traps
Wood shell blocks
Electric windlasses
Dogbones
Pulse trawls
Fishing dredges
Commercial fish or shark hooks
Hook files
Fishing life preservers
Toggles
Commercial fishing line sinkers
Thimbles
Brailers
Scuba diving equipment
Pair trawls
Fishing pliers
Danish seines
Weir traps
Hoop nets
Bench-mounted crimpers
Hand crimpers
Fish pots
Crab tongs
Bait nets
Small decked fishing vessels
Fathometer sonar equipment
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
Marine first aid equipment
Fishing rowboats
Groundlines
Hydraulic windlasses
Drogues
Skiffs
Longline spools
Seiners
Pot haulers
Chain stoppers
Marine radar navigation systems
Searchlight sonars
Radio buoys
Acorn buoys
Magnetic compasses
Gypsy hoists
Strobe lights
Line setters
Scottish seines
Laptop computers
Fish magnets
Ice shovels
Fishing poles
Jigging machines
Trawlers
Bilge pumping systems
Purse seines
Triplex trawls
Distress flags
Multibeam sonar equipment
Lobster traps
Electric bottom-fishing reels
Hand capstans
Fish finders
Commercial fishing vessel lifeboats
Digital spring balance scales
Half-face respirators
Power blocks
Crab pots
Net haulers
Harpoons
Immersion suits
Undecked fishing vessels
Pneumatic marine fenders
Balloon trawls
Set nets
Dip nets
Fishing spears
Longline blocks
Stow nets

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